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South African President Ramaphosa told South Africans that his African National Congress party is in its plans dreaming of setting up high-speed trains and technologically advanced cities as they deliver on their election promises.

Giving his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), Ramaphosa said he foresees a bullet train that will service Johannesburg to Messina and other local routes.

We must improve the affordability, safety and integration of commuter transport for low-income households.

We also want a South Africa where we stretch our capacities to the fullest as we advance along the superhighway of progress. We want a South Africa that has prioritised its rail networks and is producing high-speed trains connecting our megacities and the remotest areas of our country.

We should imagine a country where bullet trains pass through Johannesburg as they travel from here to Musina, and they stop in Buffalo City on their way from Ethekwini back here.

Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was heavily castigated in the run up to last year’s elections when he said his MDC party was also dreaming of a Zimbabwe with a bullet train that will service Harare and Bulawayo route.

The opposition leader also spoke of building spaghetti roads in the country which neighbouring South Africa already has in place.